Turkey The deep crisis of the Turkish mafia-State Last month the notorious mobster Sedat Peker started posting incriminatory videos on Turkish media. Staring at the camera, Mr Peker discloses some alleged secrets and crimes of the so-called Turkey’ ⋙
Crime The parallel crime pandemic: how organised crime is exploiting the health emergency in Italy “This coronavirus was such a good deal”. The manager of a company operating in the sanitisation sector was sanguine when discussing his business prospects on the phone. The Police of ⋙
security sector reform Reclaiming security: Civil society activism, expertise, and knowledge production in police reform (C) Christopher Herwig. The police in Kyrgyzstan needs to be reformed in a fundamental and consequent manner to start functioning according to legal provisions and statutes, and to carry out ⋙
Debate A slap in the face of justice: the ICC and Afghanistan On 12 April 2019, the Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court rejected the request to open an official investigation on war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan ⋙
Crime Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación: a relentless growth? (CC) Alex Lomix The Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) is a relatively new organized crime syndicate, which emerged in 2010 as an offshoot of the Milenio Cartel, part of ⋙
Crime Gangs in Central America: Nicaragua vs the Northern Triangle From maras to pandillas, between street gangs and organised crime: a comparative look across the region. While conducting field research in Central America on women and gangs, I was also ⋙
migrants Europe as Terraferma: against the criminalisation of solidarity In recent years the EU institutions and most member states have criminalised not only the illegal entry into the EU territory, but also citizens' human solidarity with irregular migrants ⋙
terrorism Kidnapped by Terrorists Kidnappings by terrorist groups are on the rise globally. The chances of surviving this ordeal vary greatly according to the nationality of the victim. This is particularly true for aid ⋙
Iraq The Islamic State’s hidden side: a detailed network of governance Although a lot has been said about the Islamic State (IS) since its proclamation in 2014, very little is known about the terrorist group’s internal dynamics. In spite of ⋙
drugs policy In 2016 Heads of States Can Change the Course of International Drugs Policy. Where Does the EU Stand? While virtually no one in Europe would dispute the failure of drug wars, the EU stays away from the driving seat of international change. In the context of global drugs ⋙
EU anti-terrorism policy We Saw it Coming: Jihadist Terrorism, Challenges for the European Union Nothing about the recent Paris or Copenhagen terrorist attacks was totally unexpected. Indeed, they were the sort of thing that security apparatuses in Europe had been preparing to have to ⋙
drugs policy Crime and the Drug Debate in the Russian Federation Once one abandons the concept that the security praxis of any state is ever politically ‘neutral’, the manner in which different states instrumentalize security policy in the generation of national ⋙
neofascist mafia Rome Rome, a Criminal World-in-Between An unprecedented probe shows that the città eterna has been shadow-governed for years by a clique of neofascists and mafiosi, and that it may not be willing to understand why. ⋙
Central America Nicaragua's community-based, pro-active police: an exportable model? The Central American states of the so-called Northern Triangle – Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador – have some of the highest homicide rates of the world. A land bridge between the coca producing ⋙
cartels Mexico: Narcoviolence or Mafia? Organized violence and protection and what to do about them: an open debate. Foreword by Eva Magdalena Stambøl and Hans Van Der Veen The article below was originally published in ⋙
Crime Security Praxis’ New Partners in Crime As the editors of Security Praxis’ new thematic section on crime, we want to create a platform where people involved in ‘crime’, policing, and those directing ‘crime’ policies – be it ⋙
